Joint for barrels and the like



Aug. 8, 1933. D T MORGAN r 1,921,768

JOINT FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE Filed July 3, 1931 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR DAV I D T MORGAN Aug. 8, 1933. 4 Q MORGAN 1,921,768

JOINT FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE Filed July 3, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ti E. y

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Patented Aug. s, 1933 l .i I Le ,1,921,763

'1,9721,"768` Y JOINT Fon BARRELS AND THE LIKE Y Y' Davidl. Morgan, Elizabeth, N. J., assignorto The v f Steel-Clad Products Company, Inc., New York,

N. Y., a Corporation of New York,` v

, Application July `s, 1931., serial N9." 548,514

, 3 ciaipnaj (C1. 217-1) IIYhis invention relates more especially to joints shock-proof structure capable Aoffwithstanding for barrels, drums, andV other` containers con-.- the rough handling to4 which containersof this f structed of light inexpensive materials for ship-` kind are commonly subjected.,` lMyinvention fur-J` ping `materials of various kinds without i' injury ther providesa non-sifting closurergf improved or loss.v f f constructionfor the butt joints'fadapted to serve 60 The primary' object of my invention is toproas -a reenforcement for the joined edges ofthe vide an improved `construction and' arrangement Y material without4 being subjected to the strains of parts in a device of this naturefor'interlockntending to rupture vthe 4c ontainercircumfer-` 10 ingthe adjoining edgesof a butt `joint betweenv entially.m j s n j v the meeting edges of a cylndrically formed sheet `Accordingto the embodiment of my invention 65 of material 4'constituting the body of a barrel, V.shown in Figures .1, 2 and 3, the container is prodrum or the like and for providing an effective vided witha circumferential wall l constructed" closurewfor the butt joint between said adjoining of three-ply material which,jafter,being cylindriedges;y My improved butt joint and closure may cally formedisv connected along its abutting edges l5 also be applied advantageously to other structo provide a substantiallyclosed,cylindricalwall 70 4 turesV of 4asimilar nature such,`for`example, as `Interposed between the adjoining edges of the 1 a barrel or the like with a body made up of staves material kis thefolded intermediate portion 2 ofV orV slats with their edges abutting. animperforate.web which'is preferably construct@` 20 Particular objects of my invention reside in Y ed of sheet metal, the oppositely presented flanges Vcertain features of construction described in the or lateraledge portions 3 and 4 of said web being 7 5 specification and recited in the appended claims, arranged lto Voverlapvv the adjoining portions of reference being had to the accompanying drawthe wall. y,Extending transversely across each of ings which show two adaptations of myinvention the butt joints are a plurality of inextensible conemploying a three-ply laminated material. nections which press the flanges 3A and 4 into 25 In the drawingse close contact with'the outer surface of the, ma- 80, v

Figure l is a perspective View4 of one end of a `terialalongopposite-sides ofthe joint. In thel barrel, the body portion of which isconstructed form'v shown on the drawings, these Aconnections y of a single sheet of laminatedmaterial and in are'in the formi of staples 5, said staples 'beingl 3 accordance with the underlying principle of my driven through the flanges 3 and 4 and clinched f invention; v tothe inner Wall` 1 afterY the adjoining edges have Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevationof a fragbeen pressed together into clamping engagement mentary portion of the butt joint formed between with the interposed fold 2 of theimprforate the meeting edges of the cylindrical body-formweb. The cylindrical body portion thus formed,

ing sheet of said barrel. t is provided at opposite ends with barreleheads 6 Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 (only one beingjsho'wn), said barrel-heads ,being 90 of Figure 2, with the interlocking means in the preferably constructed in the form of steel disks form of a staple shown in plan. t "provided with integrally-formedskirts or circular Figure 41s a perspective View similar to Figure 1` bands '7 which encompass and bindjthe ends of" showing another type of construction in which `the c'ylindri'cal'body portion of the barrel.` Suchthe body portion of the barrel is made up of staves a barrel head is shownv and described in U. S. .95

their body portions constructed of a singlesheret tween the adjoining longitudinal edges of the joined together and closed alongtheir longitu- Patent No. 1,51"1,08'7 to` Mittinger.

dinal edges by my improved device Ain another Referring now to Figures 4, 5 and 6, the modi-'s form. i l l fied embodiment' of my invention shown therein Y 45 Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevacontemplates stavesections- 8-united atopposite it Ation of this form of my improved joint.` ends tothe headsQ preferably ofthe form shown 100 Figure 6 is a transverse section on thev line 6-76 and described in U. S. PatentrNo.l 1,517,087 (only Y l of Figure 5. one being vshown on the drawings). As shown,

The present invention is peculiarly valuable best in Figure 6an intermediate portion 11 with though not exclusively limited to barrels having but a single thickness of metal `is clamped be-A of cylndrically formed multiply veneer material stave sections 8, the oppositely presented flanges or of staves constructed of such material, andl2 and 13 being pressed against the outer sur-` provides a simple inexpensive construction .for face ofthe left-hand stave section and the inner j the butt joints formed between the longitudinal surface of the right-handstave section, respecedges thereof for producing a comparatively light tively. A'series of staples 14 'extends transversely across each of the stave joints, said staples being driven through the stave sections and flanges 12 .and 13 and anchored in said stave sections after said stavesections have'been pressed into' clamping engagement with the intermediate portion 11 of the imperforate web and clinched down onto the inner surface of the stave section on one side of the joint and against the fiange 13 on the other side thereof. The .outer flange 12 of the imperforate strip extends to opposite ends of the adjoining staves and has its extreme ends clamped in position by the integrally constructed fiange or skirt 10 of the metal barrel-heads 9.

I claimzv v 1`. A receptacle having a lateral wall provided with a butt joint, an imperforate strip overlap'- ping the material of which the side wall is conv structed on opposite sides ofthe butt joint and having an intermediate portion interposed between the 'abutting edges of said material, and inextensibleV fastening means extendingacross said butt jointand through the iniperforatestrip on opposite /sidesj of said butt joint,V said inextensible fastening means being anchoredin the material of said lateral wail on opposite sidesvof to the exterior surface ofv said lateral wall and' overlapping said vadjoining portions of laminated material on opposite sides of the butt joint, a closely folded intermediate portion of said imperforate strip being interposed between the abutting edges of said adjoining portions, and inex- Ytensible fastening means extending across said butt joint and throughv the imperforate strip on opposite sides of said butt joint, said inextensiole fastening means being anchored in said adjoining portions of the lateral wall on opposite sides of said butt joint for clamping said-imperforate' strip to the adjoining portions andfor securing the abutting edges of said adjoining portions in positive clamping engagement with the closely folded intermediate portion of said imperforate y strip. Y

` 3. A receptacle having adjoining portions of its lateral Wallarranged edgewise with respect to each other to vform a butt joint, an imperforate strip having an intermediate portion interposed v between the abutting edges of said adjoining portions of said lateral wall, one edge portion of said imperforate strip being arranged to overlap the inner surface of oneof saidadjoining vportions on one side of said butt joint and the other edge i portion of saidimperforate strip being arranged to voverlapptheouter surface of the other adjoining portion on the other side of said butt joint, and staples arranged across said vbutt joint and driven through said adjoining portions of the i lateral wail and said imperforate strip on opposite sides of said butt joint, thepointsof said staplesbeing clinched to the inner wall of thereceptacle for clamping said imperforate stripV to theinner and outer surfaces [of said adjoining portions and for securing the abutting edges ofl said adjoining portionsV in positive clamping engagementwith the intermediate Yportion of said imperforate strip. n Y e DAVID T. MORGAN. 

